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Common · One of 400

Deepsea Anemone

“It has barely moved in centuries, barely aged, and seen everything.”

A Cold denizen of The Abyss

3 known connections · an open question

The living story

The story so far

It settled on this rock before the vent beside it existed — before the chimney, before the Compact, before the current coastline of the surface world. The Deepsea Anemone lives for centuries, barely moving, barely aging, watching the Abyss rearrange itself around its patience.

Happening now

It blooms its tentacled crown in the vent's warm edge, filtering what the current brings. The Brittle Stars carpet its feet; the Eelpouts come and go; the Anemone remains, as it always has.

What may come

Centuries are not forever. One day the Anemone will close its crown for the last time, and the Abyss will lose its oldest witness. Until then, it watches — and remembers everything the vents have ever done.

Connected

The Abyss

A desert with oases of fire. At the hydrothermal vents, farmers, armorers, and grazers divide chimney rights — and the Osedax sisterhood tends every fallen whale as sacred ground.

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At a glance — details & stats
Element
Cold
Zone
The Abyss — the vent compact
Rarity
Common
Personality
Older than the vent it sits beside.
Edition
One of 400
Stats
power 45 · speed 2 · charm 80